*remastered & available digitally via amadeupsound.bandcamp.com*

Sleepwalk/669  &  Next/Density (remasters) - AMS-RE1 & RE2

First volume in a small new 12" series - each limited to 300 vinyl copies mastered & cut @ D&M, with stamped colored sleeves & labels designed by Bernie van Vlijmen.

Out now > ex-l.bandcamp.com

Buy @ Bandcamp

ex_libris - 001 (out now)

Second volume in a small new 12" series - each limited to 300 vinyl copies mastered & cut @ D&M, with stamped colored sleeves & labels designed by Bernie van Vlijmen.

Out now > ex-l.bandcamp.com

buy @ Bandcamp

ex_libris - 002 (out now)

In Transit - In Transit (FELT 011 lp) - OUT NOW on clear vinyl and digital formats

Label text:

Dave Huismans (ex_libris, A Made Up Sound) presents In Transit, a self-titled LP of arresting downtempo vignettes, with origins dating back to over a decade ago.

Renowned for some of this century’s most notorious rhythmic advances, the work of Dave Huismans (fka A Made Up Sound and 2562) continues to provide a blueprint for new generations of innovation-obsessives. After a long hiatus from releasing original material, he returned in 2025 with two beloved EP’s as ex_libris. Now he returns to FELT as In Transit, following up on his remix of Civilistjävel! from 2023.

Borrowing its name from the closing dialogue of a novel by Dutch author Hella S. Haasse, In Transit was written in just two weeks in the summer of 2013 on a Korg ESX sampler. Since then, he has patiently refined its constituent parts.

Over the course of 38 minutes across six tracks, In Transit maps out an absorbing vista. The music shimmers with a celestial quality, underpinned by rhythmic stamina and creeping intensity. Tangential to Huismans’ previous work, the beats here are decentred and further scattered, acting as buoys to the constantly evolving and intricate narratives of layered textures.

In Transit marks a fascinating new addition to Huismans’ sprawling catalogue, a truly remarkable racket to be crafted with such humble means, finding a suitable context within FELT’s continued venture into parallel sounds. 


Written, produced and mixed by Dave Huismans
Mastered by Miles Whittaker
Photos by Dave Huismans
Design and layout by Fergus Jones 

Vinyl distributed by Rubadub 
Product photo by Boomkat

Buy on Bandcamp

In Transit [FELT011lp]

RA.1015

here's a little mix-up of second hand records i picked up some time ago. mostly bargain-bin disco/boogie/soul favorites, some house, some other stuff. hope you enjoy - d.

second hand mix-up spring 2014

*remastered & issued digitally for the first time as a Bandcamp exclusive*
Some of my earliest productions as A Made Up Sound, written in 2005 and originally released in 2007/08 on two 12”es via Shed's now long defunct Soloaction subsidiary, Subsolo. Out now as AMS-RE1 (Sleepwalk/669, this one) and AMS-RE2 (Next/Density, the other one).

AMS-RE1 - A - A Made Sound - Sleepwalk (remaster)

AMS-RE1 - AA - A Made Sound - 669 (remaster)

*remastered & issued digitally for the first time as a Bandcamp exclusive*
Some of my earliest productions as A Made Up Sound, written in 2005 and originally released in 2007/08 on two 12”es via Shed's now long defunct Soloaction subsidiary, Subsolo. Out now as AMS-RE1 (Sleepwalk/669, the other one) and AMS-RE2 (Next/Density, this one).

AMS-RE2 - AA - A Made Sound - Density (remaster)

AMS-RE2 - A - A Made Sound - Next (remaster)

Buy at Bandcamp

ex_libris - 002 - A2 - #8 (cascade)

ex_libris - 002 - B - #32 (walrus)

ex_libris - 002 - A1 - #3 (running out)

ex_libris - 001 - B1 - #26 (chapel)

ex_libris - 001 - A - #13-20 (wetlands)

ex_libris - 001 - B2 - #25 (below surface)

A Made Up Sound - Stumbler b/w Syrinx - AMS007 12" 
forthcoming October 5th, 2015
distribution@clone.nl

A Made Up Sound 007B - Syrinx

A Made Up Sound 007A - Stumbler

A Made Up Sound - Havoc b/w HHJOABS - AMS008 12"
forthcoming October 5th, 2015
distribution@clone.nl

A Made Up Sound 008B - Half Hour Jam On A Borrowed Synth

A Made Up Sound 008A - Havoc

In Transit - In Transit (FELT 011 lp) - out now on clear vinyl and digital formats

Dave Huismans (ex_libris, A Made Up Sound) presents In Transit, a self-titled LP of arresting downtempo vignettes, with origins dating back to over a decade ago.

Renowned for some of this century’s most notorious rhythmic advances, the work of Dave Huismans (fka A Made Up Sound and 2562) continues to provide a blueprint for new generations of innovation-obsessives. After a long hiatus from releasing original material, he returned in 2025 with two beloved EP’s as ex_libris. Now he returns to FELT as In Transit, following up on his remix of Civilistjävel! from 2023.

Borrowing its name from the closing dialogue of a novel by Dutch author Hella S. Haasse, In Transit was written in just two weeks in the summer of 2013 on a Korg ESX sampler. Since then, he has patiently refined its constituent parts.

Over the course of 38 minutes across six tracks, In Transit maps out an absorbing vista. The music shimmers with a celestial quality, underpinned by rhythmic stamina and creeping intensity. Tangential to Huismans’ previous work, the beats here are decentred and further scattered, acting as buoys to the constantly evolving and intricate narratives of layered textures.

In Transit marks a fascinating new addition to Huismans’ sprawling catalogue, a truly remarkable racket to be crafted with such humble means, finding a suitable context within FELT’s continued venture into parallel sounds. 


Written, produced and mixed by Dave Huismans
Mastered by Miles Whittaker
Photos by Dave Huismans
Design and layout by Fergus Jones 

Vinyl distributed by Rubadub 
Product photo by Boomkat


In Transit - 03/A3 - A.18

In Transit - 02/A2 - A.2829

In Transit - 06/B3 - A.3132

In Transit - 01/A1 - A.33

In Transit - 05/B2 - A.19

In Transit - 04/B1 - A.25

A statement mix from the Dutch artist also known as A Made Up Sound, 2562 and ex_libris. 

What makes something sound like Dave Huismans? His music carries a signature you can't quite name, a tension which has defined every chapter of his career. And unlike most producers, he really does operate in phases. 

A man of many monikers, Huismans resurfaced this year after nearly a decade away with two new aliases, ex_libris and In Transit. His latest ventures, though sonically a world away from the work under his most recognised projects, share the same slipperiness, intricacy and disregard for tidy genre borders. 

"Naiveté and a lack of prejudice… a really wide-eyed type of open-mindedness," Huismans once told RBMA, recalling his youthful forays into dance music and that ethos is alive and well on RA.1015.

Huismans's second RA Mix is as equally thrilling as his first one 15 years ago, traversing a map of influences from Madlib and Gyrofield to Prince and Autechre.  There's no shortage of atmosphere (Losoul's "Sunbeams and the Rain" is one particular highlight), but the throughline is groove: soulful, vocal deep house into driving techy depths, walls of glitchy drums and frantic percussion into guitar funk. 

"I got carried away a bit," Huismans says of RA.1015 below. And that's no bad thing. It sounds like someone enjoying himself again, and perhaps, after letting a few old skins fall away, Huismans is ready to shift shape once more. And if it's anything like the last time, a lot of good music awaits. 

Find the tracklist and interview at ra.co/podcast/1034 
@2562amadeupsound

RA.1015 Dave Huismans

A Made Up Sound - Bygones b/w Peace Offering [AMS009]
12" vinyl due out Nov 11th
More Info: clone.nl//item41900.html
Distribution: Clone

A Made Up Sound - A Made Up Sound (2009-2016) [AMS000CD]
2xCD / 20 track label compilation OUT NOW
More Info: clone.nl//item41990.html
Distribution: Clone / SRD (UK) / Disk Union (JP)

Bygones

Bygones [AMS009 / AMS000CD]

AMS000 collects the label's entire 12" catalog (AMS001-009 and 00X) onto a comprehensive double album, fully remastered and featuring 3 new tracks.
Available as a 2xCD version in deluxe gatefold sleeve (including foldout poster) or as a 20 track wav/flac/mp3 bundle. Buy it here: 
Bandcamp amadeupsound.bandcamp.com/album/a-made…-2009-2016-2
Clone clone.nl/item41990.html
Rush Hour www.rushhour.nl/store_detailed.php?item=92558
Boomkat boomkat.com/products/a-made-up-sound-2009-2016
Bleep bleep.com/release/76708-a-made…e-up-sound-2009-2016
Juno www.juno.co.uk/products/a-made-u…9-2016/625032-01/
Hardwax hardwax.com/53017/a-made-up-sou…up-sound-2009-2016/

A Made Up Sound (2009-2016)

2-04 Rework - A Made Up Sound 2009-2016 [AMS000CD]

1-04 Crisis - A Made Up Sound 2009-2016 [AMS000CD]

1-03 Sun Touch - A Made Up Sound 2009-2016 [AMS000CD]

1-01 Take The Plunge (first thought) - A Made Up Sound 2009-2016 [AMS000CD]

A Made Up Sound - Bygones b/w Peace Offering [AMS009]
12" vinyl OUT NOW
More Info: clone.nl//item41900.html
Distribution: Clone

A Made Up Sound - A Made Up Sound (2009-2016) [AMS000CD]
2xCD / 20 track label compilation OUT NOW
More Info: clone.nl//item41990.html
Distribution: Clone / SRD (UK) / Disk Union (JP)

Bygones b/w Peace Offering

Peace Offering [AMS009 / AMS000CD]

@nts_live link: http://www.nts.live/shows/guests/episodes/a-made-up-sound-19th-may-2017

Smackos - A Singing Giraffe On A Drizzly Town Square - Nightwind Records
Eric Swan - Dancing Bubbles - IM (edit)
? - TTT059B - forthcoming The Trilogy Tapes
Russell E.L. Butler - Since Creation - Opal Tapes
Romansoff - Halo - unreleased
E-Unity - A Wormhole In The 4th Wall - forthcoming Oscilla Sound
Duckett - Black Sheep - forthcoming Wisdom Teeth
Neinzer - Weiblich - International Black
Charlotte Bendiks - KAIA - Comeme
Peverelist - Brinks and Limits - Livity Sound
Redshape - Shift - Present
Karen Gwyer - Why Don't You Make Your Bed - forthcoming DBA
Ploy - Unruly - unreleased
Pinch - Walking With Shadows - unreleased
La-4a - Panic - forthcoming Delft (edit)
Elizabeth Merrick-Jefferson - Knowledge Revolution - forthcoming Burek
Dynamo Dreesen, SVN & A Made Up Sound - Sessions 03 B1

A Made Up Sound @ NTS Radio 19.05.17

Delsin Records 83dsr-ams1
Distributed by Rush Hour

A Made Up Sound - Rear Window - 83dsr A

recording of last week's dj-set at glue @ stranded.fm
hosted by @assisted_vision and transmitted from utrecht, the netherlands

a made up sound @ glue, stranded FM, 21-02-2020

ex_libris 001 / 002 out now (june 25)
In Transit - In Transit (FELT 011) out now (oct 25)
fka a made up sound, 2562
Insta: amadeupsound2562
Bookings: nevan@klsbookings.com

Utrecht, NL

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